Meet Alden Ehrenreich — the 27-year-old actor who will play Han Solo in the next 'Star Wars' spin-off

The upcoming Han Solo "Star Wars" spin-off movie started production February 20 and Disney and Lucasfilm shared the first official photo of the cast on set.

The untitled film, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ("The LEGO Movie"), will hit theaters May 25, 2018 and will follow the adventures of a young Solo and his trusty Wookiee sidekick Chewbacca before the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope."

While the film will star Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, Emilia Clarke, Thandie Newton, and Woody Harrelson, the heart of the movie will center around Alden Ehrenreich.

He landed his first acting gigs on episodes of "CSI" and "Supernatural."

He went to New York University, and though he never graduated, he cofounded a theater company while there.

The group, called The Collectin, met once a week and performed original material around New York City. They are now based in LA, and have made two films. Ehrenreich starred in one of them: 2015's "Running Wild."

He made his film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's drama "Tetro" in 2009. He followed that role up with a few short films and an uncredited role in "Somewhere," directed by Sofia Coppola, Francis Ford's daughter.